Molecular Motors

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Molecular Propeller - Driving
... Molecular propellers can be rotated by molecular motors that can be driven by chemical, biological, optical and electrical means, or various ratchet-like mechanisms ... activities with a large number of highly sophisticated molecular motors, such as myosin, kinesin, and ATP synthase ... For example, rotary molecular motors attached to protein-based tails called flagella can propel bacteria ...
Synthetic Molecular Motor
... Synthetic molecular motors are molecular machines capable of rotation under energy input ... Although the term "molecular motor" has traditionally referred to a naturally occurring protein that induces motion (via protein dynamics), some groups also use the ... Many chemists are pursuing the synthesis of such molecular motors ...

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